Simulation of a flash flooding storm at the steep edge of the Himalayas

Journal of Hydrometeorology

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 212-228

  Kumar, Anil ^a,b   Houze Jr , Robert A ^c   Rasmussen, Kristen L ^c   Peters Lidard, Christa ^a  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Convection; Flood events; Hydrology; Mesoscale systems; Monsoons; Orographic effects

Indexed keywords

EID: 84894096463     PISSN: 1525755X     EISSN: 15257541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JHM-D-12-0155.1     Document Type: Article

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